Tuition fees and scholarships

​​​​​​​​​Who has to pay the tuition fee?

At Laurea University of Applied Sciences tuition fees are charged from non-EU/EEA area students who are reistered as present in a Bachelor or Master degree programme taught in English. However exemptions apply and therefore, prospective non-EU/EEA students intending to study in the degree programmes offered in English are advised to check their status below under "Exemptions of tuition fees".

The Laurea degree programmes taught in Finnish language do not have tuition fees. 

Laurea Tuition fees

According to the decision by the Laurea Board, the tuition fees will increase for studies beginning 1st January 2025 and onwards. This decision affects students who apply for Laurea degree studies in autumn 2024 and onwards. 

For studies that begin from January 1st 2025 onwards the Laurea tuition fees are 

• Bachelor's degree programmes EUR 9500 per academic year (4750 EUR per semester)
• Master's degree programmes EUR 11 000 per academic year. (5500 EUR per semester)

For Laurea students who were given admission before autumn 2024 and therefore the study entitlement at Laurea started before 1st Jan 2025 the tuition fee remains as EUR 8000 per academic year(4000 EUR per semester) for Bachelor's degree programmes and EUR 10 000 per academic year(5000 EUR per semester) for Master's degree programmes. 

The tuition fee is charged when the student is registered as present for the academic year/semester. The academic year runs from 1st August to July 31st and is divided into the autumn semester (1st August - 31st December) and spring semester (1st January - 31st July).

Laurea itself may decide on the size of this fee and the arrangements for its collection. The law (Section 13 of the Polytechnic Act) also states that the university of applied sciences is to have a scholarship system in place for supporting students participating in fee-charging degree programmes. 

We reserve the right to make changes.

Payment terms

The Student Agreement (pdf) describes the responsibilities of Laurea and the tuition fee paying Student. The student confirms the acceptance of the agreement by paying the tuition fee. After payment, the agreement is valid from the date of the student accepting the study place offered.

All non-EU/EEA area applicants who have not provided a document for exemption and who have been selected for admission will receive in an email notification of conditional admission and instructions for paying the Laurea tuition fee.

The admission of a tuition fee liable student is conditional until the student's eligibility to apply has been checked by Laurea Admissions, the student has confirmed their study place and paid the tuition fee for the first academic year.

The tuition fee is charged when the student is registered as present for the academic semester.

For first year students the tuition fee must be paid in full for the first academic year by the deadline for accepting the study place. In subsequent years the student continuing studies may make the payment in two parts. Half of the tuition fee must be paid before the beginning of the autumn semester and the remaining half must be paid before the spring semester. 

Students who have paid the tuition fee can be registered as present for the academic year. Students must register themselves as present or absent each academic year in compliance with the regulations set by Laurea. For tuition fee paying students the registration as present for the academic year is valid after payment of the tuition fee for the said academic year has been made unless a valid document for exemption is provided. Failure to register for the academic year results in loss of study entitlement at Laurea. In circumstances that you lose your study entitlement at Laurea, you have possibility to apply for restoring study entitlement (50 EUR processing fee).  

We reserve the right to make changes.

Please notice, the tuition fee covers only tuition for the degree programme in question in Laurea UAS. It does not include Health Insurance costs or costs needed for the residence permit application process. For the residence permit, student is obliged to have sufficient funds to cover living in Finland as required by the Finnish Immigration Service. These funds are not included in the tuition fee payment. 

The tuition fee does not cover other living costs or travelling costs either which admitted students need to cover themselves. Laurea UAS does not have its own student dormitories or other housing for students. Students are responsible for acquiring accommodation for the studies.

Payment instructions

The Laurea tuition fee payment is completed with Flywire payment links below. You can complete payment for the whole academic year or just the semester with a variety of payment methods available in your country. Please note that first year students must pay the whole first academic year. From second year and onwards, students can pay the tuition fee per semester.

Step 1) Begin your tuition fee payment by selecting your degree programme Flywire payment link in the list below.

Step 2) Enter the country your payment will come from. Enter the amount you will pay.

Step 3) Select the preferred payment method available for your country

Step 4) Provide the payer's information 

Step 5) Provide the student's information. 

Step 6) Review and confirm the payment information. Check the progamme of study is correct!  

Step 7) Complete the payment to Flywire with the selected payment method.

Flywire payment links:

Business Management, Bachelor's degree

Business Information Technology, Bachelor's degree

Safety, Security and Risk Management, Bachelor's degree

Hospitality Management & Service Design, Bachelor's degree

Nursing, Bachelor's degree

Social Services, Bachelor's degree

Service Innovation and Design, Master's Degree

Leading Transformational Change, Master's Degree

Global Health and Crisis Management, Master's Degree

Technology Law, Master's Degree

Development and Management of Cosmetics Expertise, Master's Degree 

If you have any questions about the tuition fee payment, please contact Laurea Admissions (admissions@laurea.fi).

Exemptions of tuition fees

Please note! There will be changes to tuition fee exemptions due to changes to the Universities of Applied Sciences Act, taking place from 1st December 2024. More information about the changes in legislation at studyinfo.fi

Until 30th November 2024 Non EU/EEA citizens are exempted from paying tuition fees if they are in possession of any of the following documents mentioned below:

• Passport or a valid national identity card to indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland
• EU Blue Card residence permit in Finland
• Continuous residence permit in Finland, A-type permit issued for purposes other than studies
• Permanent residence permit in Finland, P-type permit
• EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence in Finland (type P-EU)
• Residence card in Finland for non-EU family members of EU citizens. Family membership is defined as stipulated in the Aliens Act.
• Brexit residence permit card, Type SEU-sopimuksen 50 artikla = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement, or P SEU-sopimuksen 50 artikla = Right of permanent residence under the withdrawal agreement

From 1st December 2024 onwards in order to be exempted from the tuition fee an applicant must deliver a copy of one of the following documents:

• Passport or identity card to indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland
• EU Blue Card in Finland
• Continuous residence permit card in Finland (Type A permit) issued for purposes other than studies may exempt from paying tuition fees. However, they are required to pay tuition fees if:
  • their first residence permit in Finland was granted for studying, they have to pay tuition fees, even in case they have later obtained a continuous residence permit (type A) on other grounds.
  • they have a continuous residence permit (type A) based on family ties in Finland, and their family member originally came to Finland on a residence permit granted for studying, they are required to pay tuition fees.
• EU Family Member's Residence Card in Finland
• EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (Type P-EU)
• Permanent residence permit card in Finland, Type P permit
• Brexit residence permit card, Type SEU = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement, or P SEU = Right of permanent residence under the withdrawal agreement
• a residence permit based on temporary protection

The document for exemption is considered valid for the academic year if the document is valid August 1st of the said academic year. For studies starting in spring semester, the document must be valid 1st January. Pending applications for Finnish residence permits do not provide exemption from tuition fees. Students with residence permits must take care to apply for their residence permit extensions well in advance. The validity of the document is checked before each academic year. If your document expires before 31st July and you do not pay the tuition fee by 31st July or register as absent, your right to study at Laurea will end 31st July. In circumstances that you lose your study entitlement at Laurea, you have possibility to apply for restoring study entitlement (50 EUR processing fee).  

If your status as a new student has changed and you are no longer required to pay tuition fees, please notify Laurea Admissions. The applicant can still submit the document to apply for a tuition fee waiver. This should be done as soon as the notification of admission has been received possibly latest before confirming the study place. Admission is conditional until the admission services has checked all relevant documents as well as valid identification (passport).

Please upload your document for tuition fee exemption to your application form in Studyinfo.fi.

Scholarships 

The Student has the right to apply for a scholarship intended for students paying yearly tuition fee. Please note the scholarships mentioned below do not apply to students of tailor-made programmes.

The scholarships are provided to students applying for them provided that

• a)    the student has completed at least 60 credits of studies that count towards their Programme in the previous academic year ending on 31 July. The Student may apply for the scholarship based on previous year studies once per academic year. Application form
  
  
• b)    the student has successfully completed a YKI Finnish language skills test at basic level (A2) or middle level (B2). The scholarships provided on the basis of YKI tests can each be paid only once during studies. Application form
  
  
• c)    the student applies for scholarship for humanitarian reasons. Laurea offers scholarships for academic year 2024-2025 to students who have been granted a temporary residence permit under the EU Council Implementing Regulation (EU 2022/382) following an attack on Ukraine. A freeform application can be sent by email to Laurea Admissions. The applicant can upload supporting documents to his/her application form (studyinfo.fi) underneath the heading ‘Certificates required in connection with student selection (UAS)'.

The size of the scholarships a) and b) are to be at most equivalent to 15% of the yearly tuition fee.

The size of the scholarship c)  is 100% of the yearly tuition fee.

We reserve the right to make changes.